Constitutional committee to meet all parties ahead of draft

KATHMANDU, March 24: The Constitutional Committee has decided to consult with all parties represented in the Constituent Assembly for their concepts on the new constitution. The committee decided to meet the parties individually after chiefs of major parties snubbed its request to come up with suggestions on Tuesday’s meeting.



Besides the Tarai Madhes Democratic Party, National People’s Front, CPN-ML and a few fringe parties, none of the major parties sent their top leaders in Tuesday’s meeting. After failing to gather top party leaders on a single day, the committee decided to call them on different dates.



The consultation will begin with the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on Wednesday and continue until April 2. “The preliminary draft will be prepared after compilation of the suggestions coming from the parties,” said Madhav Nepal, chairperson of the committee.



Several members suggested the committee to prepare the draft only after studying reports prepared by 40 teams deployed across the country for opinion collection. They have argued that tabulating and analyzing data from the questionnaires was a tough job.

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